IQNA

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Zahra Sadat Hosseini will compete for Iran in the Shaikha Fatima Bint Mubarak international Holy Quran contest in the United Arab Emirates.

The ten-year-old was
selected from among seven girls whose Quranic talent and skills were assessed
by Quran experts of Iran’s committee for selecting and dispatching Quran reciters
and memorizers to international contests and a number of other Quranic bodies
of the country.

Hosseini, who is from Khorasan Razavi province, achieved the highest
score among the girls and was named Iran’s representative in the upcoming
international competition.

It will be the second
edition of the Quranic event.

Seventy female Quran memorizers
from different countries competed in the first edition of the Shaikha Fatima
Bint Mubarak Quran competition for female contestants in Dubai, the UAE, on
November 6-18, 2016.